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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I don't think Geraldo will incite a riot. He knows the emotional makeup of the people around him. He is actually defusing the situation by blowing off steam for them. He is giving them hope. God bless him. (flame suit in tact)
No mention of submerged buses, no mention of no master evacuation plan under local control, no mention of all transportation inlets being destroyed, no mention of all power grids being out.
They were following this with a hit piece on they knew it was coming of course to follow to a "Bush held back the levy fixing funding..of course not saying that the piece that broke was more recently built"..what a load of hooey.
Fred Barnes said it best on Hugh Hewitt tonight "journalism...this is not".
I wouldn't blame him for getting his family out of there. If I had the access I would have probably done the same.
BUT he should have gone back. He has no business up in Baton Rouge. He DOES have a city that he is the supposed-alledged leader of.
How do you know it is hearsay? Are you there?
No need to reply -
"[Shep,s] only a human being."
Implication: Human beings are compassionate
Fact: Shep is not giving water to those who need it and instead, saves it for himself. [Hannity show, yesterday]
Ergo, Shep is not a human being.
QED
"I'm for it! However, do you mind if I take chablis? pino grigio wouldn't be bad either :-))"
Sounds good. For me, anything cold, wet...and with a proof of at least 30.
Oh, waiter! :)
Hearsay Exception--Excited Utterance.
I agree!
People going to the Red Cross office here are also sent to the Human Resources office where they can be issued food stamps.
Never happen.
You are assuming Shep had enough to go around. You have no idea what conditions they are working and sleeping in. You are not there.
Uh... no... the convention center was never set up as a shelter site. People just started showing up there.
I don't think you'd quite get 65 per trip (more like 48), but with a couple hundred buses, that's in the neighborhood of 10,000 you could've pulled out of New Orleans.
If we are going to rue anything, it will the fact that a Louisiana Gumbo restaurant is going to be opened next door to every BBQ joint in the state.
Like what? When? I was in Miami last Saturday -- the city was totally caught off-guard by the last-minute change in course of Katrina to the Southwest. MIAMI!! If Miami, veteran of Andrew and home to the National Hurricane Center can be caught off-guard by the unpredictable nature of huurricanes, any city can.
Plain fact is nobody knew what would happen. However, mandatory evac was ordered by the Mayor. Go back and read his statement. What else was he supposed to say?
woohoo let's party! By the way - for those of us fortunate enough to be able to enjoy it - happy holiday weekend.
Actually that is another, valid, way to look at it. I hadn't thought of that. I certainly hope you are right.
the goal here is to end, or seriously damage the Bush Presidency.
there will be weeks of disaster/blame Bush coverage, then investigations and recriminations....then the media will move onto 2006 elections, more Iraq blame, and more FLOODGATE...
after that it's looking forward to 2008 Presidential.
it won't work entirely, but the left and the MSM have finally found something they can hammer Bush with repeatedly..
Wrong implication.
Shep's only a human being.
He has emotions. He has stress. He is not a robot and perfect in any way.
Sheps not giving water to folks who need it, because he needs it.
You are lacking in compassion for insisting that he
a) Make himself dehydrated
b) Open himself up to being killed by a mob.
But think of this, where would he have taken them. Look at the chaos now. There is no way that in that short of time that this mayor could have come up with a plan to house them right before the hurricane.
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